12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    27 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    5 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): Full Time hours

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L15 - L19

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are integrity, nurture, and perseverance important to you? Can you innovate and inspire others? Do you want to help lead a highly successful and inclusive school?

We are seeking an outstanding candidate with successful experience of senior leadership who:

  • Believes in our school “INSPIRE” values
  • Has a track record of improving attendance, engagement and academic outcomes, especially for disadvantaged and vulnerable learners
  • Has an excellent understanding of how to build and sustain highly effective teams
  • Has a strong understanding of current educational research and policy
  • Values extra-curricular experiences as well as excellent attainment for all, and the role of the school within its local community.

What the school offers its staff

Alderman White School is a friendly, thriving and stimulating place to work and study. Our students are well-behaved and motivated. We have excellent support from parents and the community, and a talented and positive staff team. We are ambitious for every student and provide high-quality pastoral care and support, as well as outstanding enrichment opportunities for our students and the local community.

Staff wellbeing and development is very important to us – we offer a strong sense of community, high quality staffroom facilities and a carefully tailored staff development programme, centralised behaviour system, a feedback policy which takes account of workload, and access to health services through the Schools Advisory Service. PPA time is above the statutory requirement and can be taken off site.

The school is conveniently located 5 minutes from Junction 25 of the M1, close to the A52, as well as tram and bus routes, in a suburban area close to Nottingham University.

Our membership of White Hills Park Trust, a small local Trust of diverse schools with a common ethos and values, provides excellent opportunities for further professional development and networking.

Additional Information about our School can be found at https://aldermanwhite.school

Flexible working opportunities

Please contact the school

Further details about the role

White Hills Park Trust comprises six successful schools across Nottinghamshire, three primary, two secondary (one including a sixth form) and one special school. It’s an exciting time as the Trust is embarking on a period of steady growth with further schools joining us soon. We are committed to supporting the wellbeing and career aspirations of our staff team.

Our partnership of schools is united by shared ethos and values, working in deep collaboration to give all of our children the best possible start in life.Our mission is to provide the very best opportunities and outcomes for young people. Our staff work closely together to deliver high quality teaching and learning, share good practice, pool resources and participate in joint projects for the benefit of pupils.

Further information about the Trust can be found at About Us (whptrust.org)

If you would like to discuss the role with the Head Teacher, or to arrange a visit, please contact Heather Crofts School Administrator on white@whptrust.org or 0115 9170424.

In the section marked Additional Information, please outline, in no more than 800 words, a) your educational ethos, b) 3 things you have achieved in your current or previous leadership role (within the last 3 years) that illustrate your leadership strengths, and c) why you want to be Deputy Headteacher at Alderman White School.

Interviews to be held: on Tuesday 11 – Wednesday 12 March 2025

White Hills Park Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is a Pathfinder for the Framework for Ethical Leadership in Education and expects all leaders to embody these values in their daily work.

All posts are subject to safeguarding responsibilities (relevant to the role), including the duty to protect and promote the welfare of children and young people, and to adhere to the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. References will be called prior to interview and online searches may be carried out on shortlisted candidates as part of due diligence checks.It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

Paul Heery

CEO

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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Additional documents

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About Alderman White School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
770 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
01159170424

Arranging a visit to Alderman White School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email heather.crofts@whptrust.org.

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